GALVESTON - Texas City police Wednesday took into custody a Galveston man in the November home invasion slaying of a Texas City man and his 15-year-old daughter.

Diminque Alonzo Stokes, 31, was in the Travis County Jail, on charges of operating a stolen vehicle and evading arrest, when Texas City police learned of his whereabouts, Police Chief Robert Burby said.

Tests showed that a semiautomatic pistol found during his arrest in Austin may have been used to kill Jorge Vargas Jr., 33, and his daughter, Miranda.

Stokes is charged with two counts of capital murder. His bail is set at $1 million.

Two men wearing ski masks were seen fleeing Vargas' residence at 709 Amburn Road shortly before 2 a.m. Nov. 21. Police now believe more than two men were involved.

Police no longer believe that Vargas was the victim of a random robbery. "The investigation has determined that the Vargas residence was targeted," Burby said.

Police issued descriptions of the two men, but the information that led to the arrest came from a news item. Capt. Ross Clements read a story in the Galveston Police News on Dec. 19 about Stokes' arrest in Austin and asked detectives to get the details from Austin police, Burby said.

Burby declined to say whether Stokes was a suspect at the time but said police discovered that he and several others had allegedly been involved in crimes similar to the Texas City home invasion.

Stokes had been stopped by Austin police Dec. 9 while driving a vehicle stolen from Beaumont, Burby said. He ran but officers caught him and confiscated his pistol.

The Department of Public Safety Crime Lab compared Stokes' pistol to firearm evidence collected from Vargas' residence on Dec. 21 and found that it matched, Burby said.

Texas City detectives traveled to Austin on Wednesday and served Stokes with warrants.

Burby declined to say whether Stokes was cooperating in the search for his alleged accomplices. "There's additional suspects and we still have some work to do," he said.